With Ye Jingtang leaving, the golf course in Yutan Villa suddenly became a little deserted.

The originally high-spirited Dongfang Liren suddenly lost interest in this child's play-house game without Young Master Xinyi watching the battle.

The Empress Dowager, who was as dexterous as a butterfly, no longer worked as hard as before, and began to lazily walk around the court fishing, or think about life when she was alone, which made Hongyu anxious.

Xuanji's only hobby was drinking, and he had little interest in this kind of sports. After returning to the villa, he came to Xilongchi.

There were no outsiders in the huge hot spring pool. There was a small case on the edge of the pool, which contained snacks, drinks and a few books.

The naked empress was half-soaked in the pool, holding a book in her hand and reading carefully. Her demeanor was graceful and noble. She looked like a diligent emperor who did not forget to worry about state affairs when he was ill.

However, after Xuanji's real person entered, the empress naturally put the book away, pressed it under the serious books, and asked:

"Why is Master here?"

Master Xuanji sat sideways on the edge of the bath, picked up the wine bottle and poured herself a glass:

"I was out wandering just now and met an acquaintance, the current king of the Dongming Tribe of the Western Sea Tribes. You should know that, right?"

The Dongming tribe is one of the four major tribes in the West Sea. Although it is quite far away, as the emperor, it is impossible for the empress to not even know the main forces there.

The inheritance of all tribes in Xihai has a long history. Among them, the Dongming tribe and the Xuanhao tribe are said to be the descendants of the "Zhu Zong" who was responsible for offering sacrifices to heaven and earth in ancient times. Their names are taken from "Xuanzhe", a profound name; Mingzhe, "Mingzhe",

"Youji", to this day the clan leaders are called Zhu Zong by the clansmen; while in other tribes, the clan leaders also have messy names such as "Sima, Sikong".

Although they all have their own origins, after all, the Xihai tribes have too many tribes, and outsiders cannot distinguish them. And because the people of the Xihai tribes are very tough and cannot be offended, the merchants collectively call the heads of each tribe "the king", which is a kind of

It is a joking title and an honorific title, rather than the actual princes and kings.

The empress heard the words and thought about it for a moment:

"Fan from the Dong Ming Department? It seems that she took over the Dong Ming Department a few years ago. Why did she suddenly come to Yun'an?"

Master Xuanji picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "The tribes in the West Sea are full of rebellion. Each tribe wants to divide the territory and rebuild the northwest royal court on its own. However, because they are not convinced by each other, no one can take the lead. Beiliang also hinders them, and it has become a

Not the climate.

"The Fan family still has deep grudges against Beiliang. They have been looking for the reason for the sudden rise of the Tianlang King family. It seems that they want to imitate it. Last time in Wuzhou, I accidentally bumped into the Ye Jingtang, and then got interested. I guess he wanted to imitate it.

Kidnap Ye Jingtang to become a princess in the tribes of the West Sea..."

When the empress heard this, she shook her head and said:

"The rebellion of the Western Sea tribes in Beiliang is a good thing for the Wei Dynasty, but Ye Jingtang cannot give it to her, so she should not make mistakes. The Dongming tribe has a high prestige among the Western Sea tribes, and it may be useful in the future. Since it is here

Well, Master, you’d better treat me well and don’t neglect them.”

Master Xuanji blinked his eyes and said with a smile:

"I have my own rules for this. Apart from not being able to move around, she can have whatever else she wants..."

…

After the master and apprentice chatted for a long time, footsteps suddenly sounded outside Xilongchi.

Tread...

Seeing this, Master Xuanji stopped talking, got up and went to the garden outside the hot spring pool. He saw Dongfang Liren, who was still wearing hunting clothes, walking over in a hurry.

Seeing Dongfang Liren's face, Master Xuanji knew that something was wrong, so he came to ask:

"Li Ren, something happened?"

Dongfang Liren's face was quite serious. He first brought Master Xuanji to a nearby tea pavilion and then whispered:

"Just now, a chief arrester ran over and said that he found a group of people settling in the town at the hidden pile in Sanhe Town. Among them was confirmed to be the second leader of the Hongshan Gang, 'Flower Headed Buddha', and the leader was a middle-aged man who seemed to be gentle and elegant.

, suspected to be Jiang Zahu..."

"Jiang Zahu..."

When Master Xuanji heard this, his face sank slightly, knowing that the situation was not good - Ye Jingtang had just killed Jiang Zahu's sworn brother just a few days ago. At this time, the Hongshan Gang came out in full force and rushed to the capital. They must be looking for Ye Jingtang to settle accounts.

of.

Now she and Ye Jingtang are taking turns guarding the empress. If Jiang Zahu comes in and disrupts the situation at this time, there may be a big mess.

Master Xuanji thought for a moment: "The Hongshan Gang is just seeking revenge and has no courage to rebel. I will take people to give them a warning."

Dongfang Liren thought for a while: "Jiang Zahu is cunning and has kept his face hidden for many years. Now that he has appeared, otherwise Master and Ye Jingtang will go over and kill him directly..."

Master Xuanji shook his head:

"I have been patrolling the capital for the past two days and found something strange. Prince Yan may have a secret plan. Ye Jingtang and I are investigating, but we haven't figured out the exact intention yet. Ye Jingtang has now encountered Jiang Zahu.

There will definitely be a fight, and no matter whether we win or lose, there will be damage, which will be detrimental to the safety of the Holy One. I will just go over and drive Jiang Zahu away, and I will settle any debts with him later."

Dongfang Liren frowned slightly, thought for a while and said:

"There are few rumors about Jiang Zahu fighting each other. Now his strength is unfathomable. Master will take Meng Jiao and the others there. I will call the Ye Jingtang back first and let the Imperial Army step up their guard..."

…

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Jingle bell bell~

At dusk, the crisp sound of camel bells rang out in the old streets of Guantuan Town.

At the window of a noodle shop, Niaoniao raised his head and looked at the big camel passing in front of the door from the corner of the window. He also turned around and shook his wings: "Chi Chi Chi~" to signal Ye Jingtang. He looked like he was staying in the capital.

It’s been so long that I miss the northwest desert.

Ye Jingtang sat at the window, wearing a bamboo hat on his head, with a bowl of steaming egg and green onion noodles in front of him. He looked at the big camel walking slowly by outside the door, with a bit of nostalgia in his eyes.

In previous years, when autumn entered, it was the peak season for the Escort Agency's business. At this time, he should be running to the sandbank with various goods, and when he arrived, he would take the Escort Agency's staff to eat roasted hump.

Because the food in Honghe Town was not very good, those days were basically like Chinese New Year for Niaoniao, and he was looking forward to it every day.

Seeing that Niao Niao had stopped eating and was staring straight at the big camel, Ye Jingtang took Niao Niao back and put him on the bench, comforting him:

"That's a camel used to transport goods. You can't eat it. When I'm done, I'll take you to eat roasted suckling pig. The taste is no worse than roasted camel."

"grumble……"

Zhe Yunli sat opposite, took a poached egg with chopsticks and fed it to the bird's mouth, then looked at the caravan outside and whispered:

"Cousin Jing, I feel something is wrong with this camel team. They have been wandering around the street all afternoon, as if they are looking for someone."

The Night Terror Hall also discovered that several merchants dressed in Shazhou were unusual, but there was nothing sneaky about their whereabouts. They responded:

"It doesn't look like he's in a hurry. He probably got drunk somewhere and lost contact. When I was a escort, Lao Yang also liked to drink. Once he got drunk and slept in a stable. Seven or eight of us almost turned the town upside down.

I just came here to find..."

"Yeah……"

…

After taking over the shift with Master Xuanji in the afternoon, the two of them just stared at the goods in the carriage shop, waiting for the big fish lurking behind the scenes to come and pick up the goods.

But all day and night, there was nothing unusual in the carriage house. It was not until dusk that I saw a carriage coming from the direction of the capital. It stopped outside the carriage house and a middle-aged man dressed as a steward got out.

Ye Jingtang cheered up and observed secretly with Zhe Yunli. They found that this person looked quite normal. During the conversation, he also lifted the oilcloth and took out a piece of sauce from the barrel for careful inspection. Then he hired someone from the carriage and horse shop.

Several people gathered and began to hitch the horses and load the cart.

When the two saw this, they wanted to follow the convoy back to the capital secretly and track the whereabouts of the goods.

But before the goods on the carriage were moved, Night Terror Hall discovered a fast horse running from upstream, and immediately sat a secret guard in civilian clothes. After arriving in the town, they began to search left and right.

Ye Jingtang was afraid of disturbing the situation, so he quickly got up and left the noodle shop, came to the entrance of an alleyway on the street, and hooked his hand in the distance.

Hoof-tapping hoof-tapping...

The secret guard on the horse may have been warned. After discovering the traces of Ye Jingtang, he did not rush to the scene with great fanfare. He just made a distant gesture to ask Ye Jingtang to quickly return to the team, and then turned his horse's head and left.

When Ye Jingtang saw this scene, he knew that Yutan Villa had something important to do with him. Seeing this, he had to go back to Yunli and told him:

"I'm going back to Yutan Villa. You and Niaoniao are following me secretly. Remember not to act rashly and run away if you have anything to do. I'll come over when I'm done."

Zhe Yunli nodded, and quickly took Niao Niao and quietly disappeared into the crowd of the market.

After Ye Jingtang watched Yunli leave, he didn't hesitate for a moment and flew upstream along the river.

Guantou Town is nearly thirty miles away from Yutan Villa, but with Ye Jingtang's foot power, it didn't take long to reach Yutan Villa at full speed.

In order to prevent the Empress from making mistakes, the handover between Ye Jingtang and Xuanji was basically seamless.

As soon as Ye Jingtang came to the Baishi Avenue outside the villa, he saw four people waiting at the entrance of the villa. The leader was the real person Xuanji wearing a curtain hat, and behind them were Meng Jiao and She Long.

It's time to go out.

Ye Jingtang came forward, slightly confused:

"What happened?"

Master Xuanji pulled Ye Jingtang aside, whispered into his ear, recounted the information he had just received, and then said:

"Shi Yanfeng is dead. Jiang Zahu will never give up. I will send him away first. You will stay at Yutan Villa. Remember not to show your face and be found by the Hongshan Gang. You must conserve your strength at the moment and put the safety of the Holy One first.

.”

Ye Jingtang didn't expect Jiang Zahu to kill him so quickly. If a warrior of Jiang Zahu's level wanted to run away, there would be nothing a single Wu Kui could do. But when two people went to Yutan Villa and no one was in charge, he
To be continued...